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April 11 - 2 Samuel 7 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. It is Thursday, it's the 11th of
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  April and I didn't realise this, but today is actually Cheese
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  fondue day. God bless Switzerland.
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  Back in the 1930s they declared that cheese fondue shall be
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  their national dish. And today, today is the day we
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  celebrated. Oht man, I don't know if if you,
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  like me, grew up watching cartoons on TV but there was
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  this little cartoon called Heidi about, you know, little girl
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  growing up in the Swiss Alps and she used to have cheese fondue
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  and it was pretty yummy basic animation.
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  So you just have a hand dipping big hunks of bread into this
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  giant yellow tub and it would come out covered in this
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  dripping cheese. And as a kid who had a cheese
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  addiction, Oh my golly gosh that that was like the epitome of
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  delish. And so as a grown up there are
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  few things in the world more awesome than a cheese fondue.
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  And I've just discovered a few weeks ago that if you replace
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  the white wine with cream it is closer to that that incredible
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  goofy looking cheese that I saw in the cartoon growing up.
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  Oh man that sounds like a good plan for dinner.
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  I'm sorry for all of your heart conditions and your cardiologist
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  bills because it's probably not that great for us to do too
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  often. But Yum oh cheese fondue.
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  Today is the day. So happy Cheese Fondue day
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  today. May you have excellent
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  cardiovascular health and enjoy some delicious treats too, but
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  that is got nothing to do with the fact of why you tapped on
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  play. We are going to read the next
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  chapter of the story. Now that David is King of
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  Israel, we are seeing him establish his reign not just
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  under his own steam, but trying to locate God in the centre of
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  everything he does as king over God's people.
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  And that continues today as God creates a covenant with David.
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  So let's read about it together, shall we?
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  In Second Samuel Chapter 7, when King David was settled in
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  his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all the
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  surrounding enemies, the King's summoned Nathan the Prophet.
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  Look, David said. I am living in a beautiful cedar
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  palace, but the Ark of God is out there in a tent.
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  Nathan replied to the King. Go ahead and do whatever you
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  have in mind, for the Lord is with you.
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  But that same night the Lord said to Nathan, go and tell my
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  servant David. This is what the Lord has
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  declared. Are you the one to build a house
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  for me to live in? I have never lived in a house.
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  From the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until
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  this very day, I have always moved from one place to another,
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  where the tent and a Tabernacle as my dwelling.
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  Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have
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  never once complained to Israel's tribal leaders, the
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  shepherds of my people, Israel. I have never asked them, why
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  haven't you built me a beautiful cedar house?
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  Now go and say to my servant David, this is what the Lord of
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  Heaven's armies has declared. I took you from tending sheep in
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  the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people,
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  Israel. I have been with you wherever
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  you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies
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  before your eyes. Now I will make your name as
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  famous as anyone who has ever lived on the earth, and I will
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  provide a homeland for my people, Israel, planting them in
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  a secure place where they will never be disturbed.
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  Evil nations won't oppress them as they've done in the past.
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  Starting from the time I appointed judges to rule my
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  people, Israel and I will give you rest from all your enemies.
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  Furthermore, the Lord declares that he will make a house for
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  you, a dynasty of kings. For when you die and are buried
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  with your ancestors, I will raise up one of your
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  descendants, your own offspring, and I will make his Kingdom
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  strong. He is the one who will build a
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  house, a temple for my name, and I will secure his royal throne
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  forever. I will be his father, and he
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  will be my son. If he sins, I will correct and
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  discipline him with the rod, like any father would do.
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  But my favour will not be taken from him as I took it from Saul,
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  whom I removed from your sight. Your house and your Kingdom will
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  continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure
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  forever. So Nathan went back to David and
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  told him everything the Lord had said in this vision.
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  Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and prayed, Who
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  am I, oh sovereign Lord? And what is my family that you
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  have brought me this far? And now, Sovereign Lord, in
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  addition to everything else you speak of, giving your servant A
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  lasting dynasty. Do you deal with everyone this
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  way? All Sovereign Lord, What more
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  can I say to you? You know what your servant is
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  really like, Sovereign Lord, Because of your promise and
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  according to your will, you have done all these great things and
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  have made them known to your servant.
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  Oh great you are ohf Sovereign Lord.
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  There is no one like you. We have never ever heard of
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  another God like you. What other nation on earth is
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  like your people? Israel.
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  What other nation, oh God, have you redeemed from slavery to be
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  your own people? You made a great name for
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  yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt.
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  You performed awesome miracles and drove out the other nations
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  and gods that stood in their way.
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  You made Israel your very own people forever, and you, oh
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  Lord, became their God, and now all, Lord God, I am your
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  servant. Do as you have promised
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  concerning me and my family. Confirm it as a promise that
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  will last forever. And may your name be honoured
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  for ever, so that everyone will say, the Lord of heaven's armies
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  is God over Israel. And may the House of your
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  servant David continue before you forever, all Lord of
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  heaven's armies, God of Israel. I have been bold enough to pray
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  this prayer to you, because you have revealed all this to your
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  servant, saying, I will build a house for you, a dynasty of
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  kings. For you are God of Sovereign
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  Lord, your words are truth, and you have promised these good
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  things to your servant. And now may it please you to
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  bless the House of your servant, so that it may continue forever
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  before you. For you have spoken.
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  And when you grant a blessing to your servant, our sovereign
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  Lord, it is an eternal blessing. OHP Lord, it's so wonderful to
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  read this prayer. David, Praise as though he's won
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  the jackpot. He cannot believe your goodness
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  and faithfulness and kindness to him.
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  And here we are all this time later, and we just cannot
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  believe your goodness to us. We have all won the eternal
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  jackpot. We are loved.
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  We are redeemed. We are sanctified day after day,
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  being made wholly, wholly enough to stand in your presence.
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  Lord, what an incredible, incredible deal you offer us
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  What an incredibly lucky people we are to have a God like you.
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  A God like no other. Oh yes, so grateful.
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  And our hearts swelling with gratitude.
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  Just fall down and worship before you our gracious,
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  generous, kind, and loving God. We worship you and we praise
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  you, And we can do all of this through the name of Jesus.
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  Ah man.